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BRUSH.

No. 464,647. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

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LORENZO D. GRANT, OF LANSINGBURG, NEYV YORK;

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 464,64=7, datedDecember 8, 1891.

Application filed April 28, 1891.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LORENZO D. GRANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lansingburg county of Rensselaer, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of whichthe followingis a specification.

My invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of my improved brush. Fig. 2is a View of the same in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section taken on the broken line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a topplan view of the skeleton frame detached from the head-block.

' Fig. 5 is a View in side elevation of the detached frame, showing amodified arrangement of the handle-attaching slots.

My invention is especially adapted to horsebrushes; and itconsistsinprovidinga skeleton frame of malleable cast-iron for securingthe handle and back to an ordinary head-block, the object being tocheapen and strengthen the construction and at the same time produce anornamental finish.

A is the head-block, which may be of any known form or material, withthe bristles A secured in apertures therein.

A is the backing which may be made of a thin sheet of wood, paper, orother suitable material.

B is the skeleton frame, which. is made to conform in general outlinewith the form of the head-block, and is provided with a plurality ofdepending lugs B, adapted to be bent in upon the lower side of thehead-block to hold the same securely upon the block. The frame is alsoprovided on two opposite sides with the slots B and bars B B and B Thehandle 0 is preferably made of leather or other thin flexible material.

To secure the handle and back upon the Serial No. 390.761. (N0 model.)

ends of the handle in the slots, passing the ends under the outer bar Bover the middle bar 13, and under the inner bar B place the back uponthe back or upper side of the headblock and adjust the skeleton frameupon the back so that the back and the head-block are inclosed by thelugs depending from the frame, and then bend the lower ends of the lugsin upon the lower or face side of the headblock, thereby tightlysecuring the back to the block and the leather handle within the slots.When desired the sides of the bars engaged by the handle may beroughened or provided with spurs B adapted to embed themselves in theleather and resist any tendency of the handle to slip from the slots.Then desired, the slots and bars may be formed in a depending portion ofthe frame adapted to extend down the sides of the brush, as shown inFig. 5, one or more lugs depending from the lower bar to be bent underthe head-block and firmly secure the same in place thereon. lam thusable to secure all the parts in their relative position without the useof glue, rivets, or screws and they willnot wear loose. The frame alsoserves to protect the edges of the head-block and prevent the same fromsplitting or warping out of shape. In rectangular head-blocks I preferto have corner-lugs, as shown, which cover and protect the corners ofthe block and back. The corner-lugs also serve as knockers when thecorner or side of the brush is struck upon some solid object to shakethe dust from the brush, as is frequently done by horsemen.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a brush, of aheadblock, a blockcovering back, ametallic skeleton frame having handle slots and bars, a flexible handlehaving its ends inserted in such slots, and a series of lugs dependingfrom such frame and bent in upon the headblock, substantially asdescribed.

2. In abrush,the-combination, with a headblock rectangular in shape, ofa metallic frame corresponding in shape with theform of the head-block,and retaining-lugs integral with such frame and bent down over thecorners of thebloek onto its face side, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a brush-head 5 block, of a metallic framehaving handle-slots in two of its opposite sides, roughened handleengaging bars integral with the metallic frame and adjacent to one or moreof the handleslots, a flexible handle having its ends into serted insuch slots and in engagement with the bars, and a series of lugsdepending from such frame and bent in upon the head-block, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand This 10th day of April,1891.

LORENZO D. GRANT. \Vilnesses:

GEO. A. MosHER, FRANK C. CURTIS.

